Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Ellen McIlwaine	Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune	We the People	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold (demo)	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:53
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Sidewinders	A Voyage	Flatfoot Hustlin'	01:06
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Jean Desprez	War War War	09:50
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Kozak Dance	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:47
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Pinebo (My Story)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:41
Joe* Glazer	The Farmer is the Man	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:51
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Alpha Centauri	Hard Life	ST	06:00
Happy Dolls	Sweet Gypsy Rose	Show Album No. 1	02:32
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
David Amram	Your Smile On My Mind	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:34
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Matt* Lucas	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm a Song	I'm a Song	04:24
Alpha Centauri	One Night at a Time	ST	03:41
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Sidewinders	Can't You Feel the Fire	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:55
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Aarons And Ackley*	Willie Boy	ST	03:02
Priscilla* Rollins	Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Are You Confused	Love Serenade	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Ellen McIlwaine	Come Sit Down and Tell Me	Everybody Needs It	02:44
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Matt* Lucas	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
David Amram	Little Momma	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:04
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	07:36
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Matt* Lucas	The Peepin' Tom	Matt Gets Blue	03:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Take Twenty	Love Serenade	02:10
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Priscilla* Rollins	Feel So Good	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Joe* Glazer	New Democratic Party Train	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:58
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Moolit Night Ніч Яка Місячна	Ukrainian Pops	03:02
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Albert Jones*	Hussle Disco	The Facts of Life	02:52
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Cal* Bostic	May I	Introducing...	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Country Mcdonald Joe*	War Widow	War War War	02:04
David Amram	Song for Kenya	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:16

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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